Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Competitors

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HYI) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the media favor HYI or AGD?

In the previous week, Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Positive
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Neutral

Is HYI or AGD a better dividend stock?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%.

Is HYI or AGD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HYI or AGD?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund received 28 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 136 63.85%	Underperform Votes 77 36.15%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HYI or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	$29.60M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.